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Radium 2.8.3
Multi-network radio player; supports XM Online, AOL Radio, and more. Shareware ($24.99)
Radium is an internet radio player that's designed from the ground up to be simple, intuitive, and lightweight. With its powerful search, thousands of supported stations (including Sirius/XM and DI.fm/Sky.fm Premium), and the ability to add your own streams, Radium will change the way you listen to internet radio.
What's New
Version 2.8.3:
Warning:If you originally bought Radium on the Mac App Store and are using a beta version, please erase this version and download the update from the MAS; you will not be charged again.
Fixes
- Fixed issue where some streams would periodically disconnect/reconnect
- Minor bugfixes and performance improvements
Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later.
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later.
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| Downloads:27,628 |
| Version Downloads:2,282 |
| Type:Multimedia & Design : Audio |
| License:Shareware |
| Date:19 Nov 2011 |
| Platform:PPC / Intel |
| Price: $24.99 |
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Radium is an internet radio player that's designed from the ground up to be simple, intuitive, and lightweight. With its powerful search, thousands of supported stations (including Sirius/XM and DI.fm/Sky.fm Premium), and the ability to add your own streams, Radium will change the way you listen to internet radio.
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One thing that seems to have improved recently is its ability to recover from interrupted streams - if a stream is interrupted it stops playing when the buffer is exhausted but then as soon as the stream is accessible again it now fades back in, whereas in the past it would never restart.
The only feature I would like to see now (that I can think of) is the ability to change its position in the menu bar. Because of its ability to display the artist and track name the most suitable position (imho) is to be the furthest menu item to the left, but I have not found any way of ensuring this. All Apple menu items can be moved by holding down the command key while dragging them, but this doesn't work with Radium.
It doesn't seem to be anything to do with launch order as the order of the items is not in any way related to their order in my login items list, and they are not alphabetical either, so I don't know how they end up in the order they do. Whatever the answer to this, it would be great if Radium could add a "Force leftmost position in menubar items" or similar option to its preferences.
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While Radium uses streams from iTunes, its streams are plagued with commercial interruptions. Most of the same streams on iTunes are entirely commercial and interruption free.
Apparently, Radium adds commercials to the streams and then charges for a subscription for commercial free listening.
Anyway, Radium is, no doubt, financially tied in to Live-95, the subscription driven
commercial free service, at $71 per year.
While Radium is a handy little gadget, I have to ask myself whether it's worth the ad infinitum subscription price, especially when the same streams are available free of charge on iTunes.
And at this point, I have to say no. When my current live-95 subscription expires soon, I'll likely not continue with it.
I really have no issue with utilizing iTunes directly for my listening needs.
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I also have Radium which is the best and most of the streams I listen to via it have no ads so it is obvious that some do and some don't but I think blaming Radium is wrong
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But no matter, the fact is that most of the streams available on Radium.....certainly the ones that I listen to, are also available in iTunes( I favor Electronica, Ambient and Trance, with a sprinkling of Middle Eastern and Indian).
I've got no problem with the way Radium performs, it generally works pretty smoothly.
My issue is with the optional Live 65 ad free subscription tax at $71 per year.
My only use for Live 65 would be for Radium.
iTunes fits my needs just fine. It offers all the streams and genres that I go for.
The one plus that Radium offers, as far as I can determine, is its handiness. Accessing one's streams via Radium's drop down menu is quite nice but I just don't feel that the yearly tax is worth my while for that one feature alone when I can access my ad free music of choice through iTunes.
If anyone wants to purchase the Live 95 subscription, then fine, no problem. I just don't regard the yearly tax as money well spent. If it's worth it to you, then by all means go for it.
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I no longer have a Live-95 subscription so can't be sure.
Those streams persistently appeared on one's list of streams even though one hadn't subscribed.
Clicking on those streams just yielded silence and one was then prompted to pay for a subscription.
The whole thing seemed very 'in your face' and blatant. I suspected that the developer was financially tied in with the subscription scheme…this was a major 'bone of contention' with me. Ok, the developer says that he's not and I'll accept that.
The subscription option is now quite subtle, thank you.
There are now a plethora of available free streams to choose from….many more than before. Yeah, some streams do have adverts but more than enough don't.
iTunes does offer as many as 1000 streams for some genres but that IS superfluous and overkill. The number of Radium's available free quality streams is more than adequate…certainly enough of them to keep me smiling.
Sorry for the bad vibes engendered by my previous post;
I'm now loving Radium once again, oh yeah!
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alas! reviewed on 21 Aug 2011
Gotta have my music to keep me centered and sane( I'm an electronica, trance, ambient sound hound) and Radium delivers beautifully. It's all easily available via a menu bar drop down menu.
One issue really pisses me off, though.
Most, if not all, genres are pummeled by an almost continuous barrage of commercial interruptions which makes for a totally hellish listening experience.
A "Live 65" VIP subscription is required for commercial free listening, at $41.70 for 6 months or $71.400 for a year.
Of course that makes Radium a more costly proposition, but without the additional subscription what's the point?.... unless one is a sucker for punishment(think psychological torture).
Be that as it may, Radium does put a smile on my face and makes my world a more pleasant place.
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zexipluzo reviewed on 06 Aug 2011
It's Easiest to find Radio Station
And so many many stations you can choose
I really like it !
^__^
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Mikeaugustleo reviewed on 21 Jun 2011
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dkent555 reviewed on 14 May 2011
Absolutely brilliant. One of my favorite apps ever!
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orhon reviewed on 25 Apr 2011
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Kid-Sun reviewed on 06 Apr 2011
There are more radio station to hear than my girl friend has crazy shoes. And she has more than 1. :-)
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2.7.9
Fixes
Fixed audio quality issues experienced by some users
Fixed bug that prevented certain media URLs from importing
Fixed minor translation errors
Various performance and stability improvements
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Mac5 reviewed on 04 Apr 2011
Its by far the best live streaming radio application I've used.. and you can access it straight from the top menu bar on your screen.
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Radium puts a small radio icon at the top right of your menu bar (where the clock, battery, AirPort are), through which the app is used.
You can email us at support@catpigstudios.com if it gives you trouble.
Thanks! =)
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My computer details are:-
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac7,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Boot ROM Version: IM71.007A.B03
SMC Version (system): 1.21f4
Running Mac OSX 10.5.8
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It responded as follows:-
"It may be that Radium is using a nonstandard method of audio playback. One thing that might work is if you set Audio Hijack Pro to use MegaMix.
To do so, follow these steps:
1. Make sure that Audio Hijack Pro is not currently hijacking audio.
2. With Radium selected as the audio source in Audio Hijack Pro, go to the Input tab and click "Advanced"
3. Select "Hijack all audio streams (MegaMix) and click OK.
4. Try hijacking as before.
Let us know what happens."
I tried all that and STILL Audio Hijack Pro totally refuses to record anything at all from Radium. I have written back to Rogue Amoeba and am awaiting its firther suggestions.
But in the meantime, BE WARNED. Radium does NOT work with Audio Hijack Pro. Which is pretty strange given that EVERY other audio sorce I own works perfectly with it.
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